Safety-pocket for garments



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JO$EPH K AHN, OF'DE'IBOIT, MICHIGAN.

SAFETY-POCKET FOR GARMENTS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters of jaws designed to be inserted in the mouth of the pocket, all as more fully hereinafter set forth.

Figure-1 is a perspective view of my device detached. Fig. 2 is a sectional view, showing the device applied to a pocket. Fig. 3 is a detail view, showing the jaw bent, forming a recess to receive a watch-chain.

In the accompanying drawings, A A represent the jaws of my device, which are pivotally secured together by a rod, a, passing through ears a, bent inwardly or at right angles with their respective jaws, as shown by Fig. 1, and the rods provided with a suitable spring, I), to throw the jaws open when released'by the spring-lock B, and at these points I secure suitable springs, b, with which the book 0 upon the jaw A engages.

When the jaws are closed, the pin d, which disengages the hook, projects through a hole, e. In practice these jaws are secured in the mouth of the pocket and are entirely hid from view, as shown in Fig. 2, the head of the stud or pin (2 being underneath the cloth.

Patent No. 283,609, dated August 21, 1883,

Application filed December 28, 1882. (No model.)

By the use of this device the pocket can be locked, and will prevent the accidental loss of articles from the pocket, while it will fully plying his vocation. These jaws will necessarily haveto be made in different shapes, to correspond to the pocket in which they are to be used, and for watch and pistol pockets the outer jaw should be bent, as shown by dotted lines at c in Fig. 1, so that the chain will not be clamped between the jaws when they are closed.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is- 1. In a safety-pocket for garments, the combination of two hinged jaws, the outer of which is bent out at c to receivethe chain of a watch, as set forth.

2. The combination, in a safety-pocket for garments, of the hinged jaws A A, the latter having an aperture, 6, to receive the pin (2, with the spring-lock B and hook c.

3. In a safety-pocket for garments, the combination of the jaws A A, pivoted together by a pin, a, passing through ears a, projecting at right angles with the side of the jaws, the ears of the jaw A being arranged between those of the jaw A, adapting said jaw A to fit snugly against the jaw A, in combination with the spring b, spring-lock B, and hook c, all constructed and arranged substantially as shown and described. y

In testimony that I claim the above as my invention I hereunto set my hand.

J. KAHN.

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H. S. SPRAGUE, E. \V. Annnnws.

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